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Code for the mechanism by which the exposure agent was exchanged or potentially exchanged by the participants involved in the exposure.
<ValueSet xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <id value="v3-ExposureMode"/> <meta> <lastUpdated value="2016-11-11T00:00:00.000+11:00"/> <profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-shareable-definition"/> </meta> <text> <status value="generated"/> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>Release Date: 2016-11-11</p> <table class="grid"> <tr> <td> <b>Level</b> </td> <td> <b>Code</b> </td> <td> <b>Display</b> </td> <td> <b>Definition</b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td> <span style="color: grey"> <i>(_ExposureMode)</i> </span> <b> <i>Abstract</i> </b> </td> <td> <a name="_ExposureMode"> </a> </td> <td> Code for the mechanism by which the exposure agent was exchanged or potentially exchanged by the participants involved in the exposure. <br/> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td> AIRBORNE <a name="AIRBORNE"> </a> </td> <td>airborne</td> <td> Description: Communication of an agent from a living subject or environmental source to a living subject through indirect contact via oral or nasal inhalation. <br/> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td> CONTACT <a name="CONTACT"> </a> </td> <td>contact</td> <td> Description: Communication of an agent from a living subject or environmental source to a living subject through direct physical contact. <br/> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td> FOODBORNE <a name="FOODBORNE"> </a> </td> <td>foodborne</td> <td> Description: Communication of an agent from a food source to a living subject via oral consumption. <br/> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td> WATERBORNE <a name="WATERBORNE"> </a> </td> <td>waterborne</td> <td> Description: Communication of an agent to a living subject by contact and/or consumption via an aqueous medium <br/> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </text> <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/v3-ExposureMode"/> <version value="2016-11-11"/> <name value="v3 Code System ExposureMode"/> <status value="active"/> <experimental value="false"/> <publisher value="HL7, Inc"/> <contact> <telecom> <system value="url"/> <value value="http://hl7.org"/> </telecom> </contact> <date value="2016-11-11"/> <description value=" Code for the mechanism by which the exposure agent was exchanged or potentially exchanged by the participants involved in the exposure."/> <immutable value="true"/> <compose> <include> <system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/v3/ExposureMode"/> </include> </compose> </ValueSet>
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